19-year-old escapes from hospital while under arrest

A 19-year-old escaped from the custody of a Houston Police Department officer, as he was being pushed out of the hospital in a wheelchair with a hip injury.

Jamarion Jacolby Surgers was under police supervision as a patient in Memorial Hermann Hospital after being charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, according to a charging document from Harris County District Court. He was set to be released from the hospital and taken into HPD custody on June 3.

The teen was admitted to the hospital with a broken hip and could not walk without a walker and had a cast on his arm, the complaint states.

An officer placed him under arrest and told him he would be taken to jail, once hospital officials said he could be discharged from the facility.

A hospital escort assisted Surgers with getting into the wheelchair and pushed him outside. The officer left the hospital worker with the suspect, while he went to get his patrol car to take Surgers to jail.

The officer returned to the valet pick up area in front of the hospital and his suspect was nowhere to be found.

He found the hospital escort, who was supposed to be watching Surgers alone. The man said that the teen had gotten up from his wheelchair and when he tried to stop him from leaving, he tried to fight him. The hospital escort said he saw the suspect leave the hospital and walk toward Fannin Street.

Surgers is charged with escape in addition to his original charge. He has not been arrested.